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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wiley Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wiley Corner and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Wiley Corner:
- 43.044444, -76.773056
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Wiley Corner
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Wiley Corner is near Seneca County and also Cayuga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Seneca County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cayuga County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Wiley Corner
Communities Also Named Wiley Corner ...
We found one communities that are also named Wiley Corner.
Within New York, the name Wiley Corner is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named Wiley Corner in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maine
- Knox County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Wiley Corner [Knox County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wiley Corner ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Clyde
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Evans Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Evans Corner is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Corner
- Fox Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fox Ridge is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Ridge
- Hard Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hard Point is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Point
- Howland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Howland is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland
- Lockpit
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lockpit is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockpit
- Magee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Magee is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee
- Mays Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mays Point is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Point
- Montezuma
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mosquito Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mosquito Point is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosquito Point
- Noble Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Noble Corner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Corner
- Willow Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Willow Grove is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
How Far From Wiley Corner to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wiley Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Wiley Corner and extending to:
- Lyons, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Wiley Corner to Lyons, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 154 miles [247.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 286 miles [460.3 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,712 miles [9,192.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,433 miles [10,352.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,309 miles [6,934.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Wiley Corner could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wiley Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <5> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Wiley Corner to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wiley Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0444, Longitude: -76.7731 In this case, the coordinates for Wiley Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.388 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.523 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.888 degrees. |
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